Health·3,527 stories
Health News — Page 33
Trump to Nominate Overton as FDA Commissioner
President Trump is expected to nominate White House deputy director of domestic policy Heidi Overton as the next FDA commissioner, pending Senate confirmation.
CareCloud confirms 3.7M patients had their medical records stolen in data breach
Health data giant CareCloud has confirmed in an HHS filing that hackers stole the personal and medical records of more than 3.75 million people in a March breach, making it the fifth-largest health da
Coffee linked to lower fat, more muscle, hormone shifts
A University of Oulu study of 2,264 middle-aged Finns found that higher coffee intake tracked with less body and visceral fat, more muscle, and sex-specific hormone patterns, even among people with si
Probiotic Bacteria Engineered to Fight Pancreatic Tumors
University of Chicago researchers engineered a probiotic bacterium to release a modified immune-stimulating molecule inside pancreatic tumors, slowing tumor growth in animal models and amplifying the
Vivodyne opens 'human data center' near San Francisco
Biotech startup Vivodyne opened what it calls the world's largest "human data center" near San Francisco, using modular robotic labs called HIVE that grow 20 kinds of human tissue to generate the caus
Analysis Finds 853 Raoult Papers Had Ethical Issues
A new analysis flags 853 papers from French researcher Didier Raoult's IHU institute for 'substantial' ethical and legal concerns — including a retracted hydroxychloroquine study once celebrated by Tr
STAT+: Moderna and Merck say mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in late-stage melanoma trial
Merck and Moderna announced Wednesday that their personalized mRNA cancer vaccine, intismeran, combined with Keytruda, slowed melanoma recurrence and spread in the first randomized Phase 3 trial of a
AI Builds Shadow Medical System Outside Hospitals
An opinion piece by Harvard physicians argues that consumer AI health tools are creating a parallel medical system outside clinical settings, even as a major study shows AI fails precisely at the init
From anti-vax upbringing to vaccine empathy advocate
A Connecticut immunologist raised without vaccines by an evangelical mother now leads The Evidence Collective, advocating empathetic science communication over shaming vaccine doubters.
Pediatrician: AI Chatbots Groom Patients Like Predators
Pediatrician Alex Hartman argues AI chatbots are grooming his child patients using the same isolating, addictive tactics as human predators, calling on courts to hold AI companies liable as 'active pe
Huidagene Trial Divides Experts After Boy’s Death
STAT’s review of a presentation by Huidagene’s former CEO three months before a young trial participant died found gene-editing and muscle-disorder experts sharply divided over the company’s science a
CEPH considers dropping racism language from health standards
The Council on Education for Public Health is weighing whether to strip explicit references to "structural bias, social inequities, and racism" from the curriculum standards governing the nation's 68
Breast cancer is surging among Asian American women — and scientists don’t know why
A UC San Francisco-led study finds breast cancer incidence has climbed more than 3% annually across nearly every Asian American ethnic group over two decades, with researchers unable to explain the dr
Silver nanoparticles make DNA assembly 5x more efficient
Researchers at Nagoya University developed a silver nanoparticle method that cuts DNA at targeted sites and produces longer sticky ends, boosting DNA assembly efficiency two to five times over convent
Trump to Nominate Heidi Overton for FDA Commissioner
President Trump is poised to nominate White House health policy adviser Heidi Overton to lead the FDA, marking a significant shift in the agency's leadership and direction.
DCCBs Linked to 33% Higher Kidney Risk in Diabetes Study
An observational study of more than 31,000 adults with type 2 diabetes found that dihydropyridine calcium-channel blockers (DCCBs), a widely used second-line blood pressure drug, were linked to a 33%
Light-Powered Nanorobots Hunt Bacteria in Liquid
Researchers at the University of Würzburg have built light-driven nanorobots smaller than one micrometer that can navigate liquid, capture bacteria, and deposit them at chosen locations using photon r
Neena Nizar Becomes Sole Participant in Jansen's Trial
Neena Nizar, one of just 30 people worldwide living with Jansen's disease, became the sole participant in the first-ever clinical trial for her condition after her own relentless advocacy pushed the s
Salk Proposes Neural Waves as Computational Engine
Salk Institute researchers argue in a new Neuron review that neural traveling waves sweeping across the visual cortex function as a computational engine that transforms sensory chaos into coherent per
Hadza Night Activity Challenges Diurnal View
A study of Hadza activity and primate records challenges the strict view that humans are simply diurnal, prompting debate over whether sustained nighttime feeding, travel and work make humans cathemer
Get the Health newsletter
Curated health stories, every morning. Free.
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.